A recent poll found an overwhelming majority of Americans believe that one particular species should be removed from the Endangered Species List: the Lesser Reticulated Gun-Nut.
This sub-species of paranoids, resplendent in bandoliers and variegated holsters, has not only recovered, but has flourished to such extent as to be deemed epidemic.
Ranging from Alaska to the Everglades, Gun-Nuts have adapted to civilization, and can be found in urban and rural climes and nearly every biome and microclimate. The trilling wail of this species, featuring syllables quoted out-of-context from the Second Amendment, is unique among paranoids, making identification especially easy.
Fearing the Gun-Nut's proclivity in spreading meme-viruses that attack the centers of reason in the brain, proponents of its removal from the Endangered Species List propose a multi-pronged control strategy, to include limiting access to paranoia-inducing propaganda, its preferred diet, an unlimited hunting season in which the Gun-Nut can be tracked, captured, and ridiculed, access to toll-free online therapy, and internment of the Gun-Nut lobby at Guantanamo Bay for psychological study and scientific experimentation.